AR-News: U.S. Watches Texas Farmworkers for Bird Flu Symptoms

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas chicken flock was diagnosed with an
"extremely infectious and fatal" form of bird flu on Monday, and federal
health officials began monitoring area farmworkers as a precaution against
the first U.S. outbreak of a severe form of the disease in 20 years.

Although the strain in Texas was considered a low health threat to humans
and different from the one blamed for the recent deaths of at least 22
people in Asia, officials could not rule out a risk.

A team of federal human and animal health experts went into action after
weekend tests showed the Texas flock had a more virulent flu virus, known
as H5N2, than a mild strain found this month in Pennsylvania, Delaware and
New Jersey.

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